RefNo | HS/21/179 |
Level | Item |
Title | Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, dated at Feldhausen |
Creator | John Frederick William Herschel |
Date | 4 July 1835 |
Description | Copy of letter, copied as part of the correspondence project led by Colonel John Herschel FRS following the death of his father. Describes in detail efforts, only partially successful, made by Thomas Maclear and John Frederick William Herschel to record tidal data at Simon's Bay and Table Bay. Gives some interpretation of the data. |
Language | English |
Extent | 10pp |
Format | Manuscript |
Place origin | Feldhausen, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa |
Origin coordinates | -33.980556, 18.465278 |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedMaterial | Original available: TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.20727 |
URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel9089
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Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |
NA6578 | Whewell; William (1794 - 1866); college head and writer on the history and philosophy of science | 1794 - 1866 |